“Humans cannot change sex,” stated Fern Hickson from Resist Gender Education during the Human Rights Review Tribunal’s ongoing examination in Wellington of whether saying men cannot become women constitutes hate speech.
The tribunal is also considering whether this belief is protected under the Human Rights Act or crosses into hateful, harmful speech unworthy of protection.
Jonathan Ayling, Chief Executive of the Free Speech Union, has been elected to the InternetNZ board following a recent membership vote.
This election comes after a campaign by the Free Speech Union to increase InternetNZ memberships and influence, aiming to restore focus on free speech and democratic governance within the organisation.
A global study of over 100,000 young people has found that those who got their first smartphone before age 13 are more likely to face mental health challenges in early adulthood.
These include suicidal thoughts, aggression, feelings of detachment, poor emotional control, and low self-worth.
A High Court judge has sharply criticised Oranga Tamariki for prioritising racial and cultural considerations over the psychological welfare of a child in a contentious custody dispute.
The case involved efforts to remove a child from committed foster parents due to their ethnic background, reflecting concerns about the agency’s growing focus on race in placement decisions.
New research suggests that common respiratory infections, including COVID and influenza, may awaken dormant breast cancer cells in the lungs and promote metastatic disease.
Experiments using mice showed an increase in spreading cancer cells after infection, driven by inflammation involving the protein interleukin-6 (IL-6).
American Eagle’s latest denim campaign featuring Sydney Sweeney plays on a word swap, replacing “jeans” with “genes”, referring to Sweeney’s blonde hair and blue eyes.
But some critics are not convinced it is just playful. They see echoes of uncomfortable ideas about race and beauty.
